<div dir="auto">Good point and question Dennis! We are heading up to Blaine tomorrow and down to the Samish - and Skagit Flats on Friday and hope to find a Tundra Swan or two. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Hans<br clear="all"><br clear="all"><div dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><b style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(51,51,51)">Hans Feddern</span></b><br style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Twin Lakes/Federal Way, WA</span><br style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(0,0,102);font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:thefedderns@gmail.com" target="_blank">thefedderns@gmail.com</a></span><br></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Feb 19, 2025 at 6:58 PM Dennis Paulson via Tweeters <<a href="mailto:tweeters@u.washington.edu">tweeters@u.washington.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space">Martha, I wonder if that could happen with our Tundra Swans. They seem less common on the Skagit Flats than previously, or perhaps I just haven’t found the flocks that are usually there. On the other hand, Trumpeters seem to be getting more common all the time. Is anything known about this?<div><br></div><div>Dennis Paulson</div><div>Seattle<br><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Feb 19, 2025, at 4:57 PM, Martha Jordan via Tweeters <<a href="mailto:tweeters@u.washington.edu" target="_blank">tweeters@u.washington.edu</a>> wrote:</div><br><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Over the past few years I tracked the decline of wintering Bewick's Swans in Britain and Ireland. This decline is being seen all across the eastern hemisphere where warming climates are keeping swans further north.</div><div> <br>Here is an article on the issue: <a href="https://www.birdguides.com/news/blank-winter-for-bewicks-swan-in-ireland/" target="_blank">https://www.birdguides.com/news/blank-winter-for-bewicks-swan-in-ireland/</a><br><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Martha Jordan</div><div dir="ltr">Everett, WA<br><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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